She's also won two Golden Globes and two Critics' Choice Awards, among others.
She has been nominated for the Emmy for best actress in a comedy series three times, taking it home in 2018. Rachel Brosnahan, who plays the title character in "The Marvelous Mrs. In 1940, she won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in "Gone With the Wind." Rachel Brosnahan McDaniel became one of the most familiar African American actors in the country. Her big break came in 1935 when she played a servant in the Shirley Temple movie "The Little Colonel." She was a ladies' room attendant, then later, a floor singer. She worked at Sam Pick's Suburban Inn, also known as Club Madrid, which was at 128th Street and Blue Mound Road. In 1929, McDaniel joined the cast of a touring production of "Show Boat." After a stint in Chicago, the production moved to Milwaukee. Soon after it arrived, because of losses elsewhere, the show cut back on much of its cast, including McDaniel, leaving her stranded and out of a job. Hattie McDaniel - the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar - called Milwaukee her "springboard to Hollywood." He also helped spearhead a project to encourage Wisconsinites to vote. In 2020, he went on Instagram Live with Kenosha Black Lives Matter organizers and Justin Blake, Jacob Blake's uncle, during an event in protest to President Donald Trump’s visit to the city. In addition to acting, Ruffalo is known for his activism. Ruffalo's acting credits include playing Hulk in the "Avengers" films, "Dark Waters," "Shutter Island," "Foxcatcher," "Infinitely Polar Bear," "The Normal Heart," "13 Going on 30," "Spotlight" and many others. He had been nominated for Golden Globe awards three other times.
Ruffalo won his first Golden Globe award in 2021 for best actor in a TV movie for HBO's "I Know This Much Is True." That performance also won him a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding actor in a limited series or TV movie and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He grew up around the 21st Avenue neighborhood. His movie credits include "Tommy Boy," "Wayne's World," "Black Sheep," "Coneheads" and "Beverly Hills Ninja." Mark RuffaloĪward-winning actor and activist Mark Ruffalo is a Kenosha native. He became a fixture on the show and created many memorable characters, like motivational speaker Matt Foley, a Chippendales dancer-wannabe and a nervous celebrity-show interviewer. Chris FarleyĬomedian and actor Chris Farley was a Madison native and a Marquette University graduate.Īfter working at Second City in Chicago, he joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" in 1990. But on Christmas Eve, nuns brought food and toys for Winfrey and her siblings. Her mother, the late Vernita Lee, who was working as a housemaid in suburban Fox Point, told Winfrey that Santa Claus was not coming that year because the single mother didn't have much money to buy presents. Winfrey - born in Mississippi as Orpah Gail Winfrey - once said her best Christmas ever was in Milwaukee when she was 12 and living on North 10th Street. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. Winfrey opened a school for underprivileged girls in South Africa in 2007. Her acting credits include "The Color Purple," "A Wrinkle in Time," "Lee Daniels' The Butler" and "Selma," among many others. Oprah runs her own TV network, magazine and production company, the report said. "The Oprah Winfrey Show" - the highest-rated talk show in TV history - ran for 4,561 episodes over 25 years and Winfrey won 16 Daytime Emmy Awards, according to a USA Today report. Legendary talk show host, producer, actress and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey was raised in Milwaukee, attending Lincoln High School and Nicolet High School (she finished high school in Nashville, where her dad lived). Related: 21 recommended books by Wisconsin writers from the 21st century Oprah Winfrey Related: 12 quotes from Wisconsinites in 'The New Yale Book of Quotations,' from Vince Lombardi to Joseph McCarthy He married late comedian and actress Gilda Radner, his third wife, in 1984 and made several movies with her. Wilder (born Jerome Silberman) was a graduate of Washington High School.īefore making it to Broadway and the big screen, he studied drama at the University of Iowa, served in the Army, then studied at the Actors Studio in New York City. Gene Wilder, remembered for his roles in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles," was born on Milwaukee's west side in 1933. ACTORS, ACTRESSES FROM WISCONSIN Gene Wilder Please note: This isn't a cumulative list our state is pretty awesome, so of course, there are many more. Well, Wisconsinites, here are some of ours.įrom Oprah Winfrey and Bon Iver to the Watt brothers and Frank Lloyd Wright, here are more than 65 celebrities who are from Wisconsin or have strong Wisconsin ties.